Game apparatus.



W. A. ROBERTS.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6. I915.

Patented. May 23,1916.

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GAME APBARATUS.

Application filed August 6, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, VVILLIAM A. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ithaca, in the county of Gratiot and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appcrtains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to game apparatus, and one of the principalobjects of the invention is to provide a game board and game pieceswhich may be used in playing a game to simulate war between two or morenations, and which will be interesting, amusing and which will requireconsiderable skill and calculation on the part of the players toproperly play the game.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a top plan view of a game board made in accordance with thisinvention, Fig. 2 is a portion or field of the game board shownenlarged, Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the game pieces, a cavalryman,Fig. 4C is a perspective View of another one 01' the game pieces, apicket, Fig. 5 is a plan view of another game piece, an aeroplane, Fig.6 is a perspective View of a general, Fig, 7 is a side elevation of oneof the game pieces, a rapid fire gun, and Fig. 8 is a side elevation ofa siege gun.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates'the game board,which is preferably rectangular in form and of the required size for itspurpose. Upon the face of the board are diagonal lines 2, which extendfrom one corner diagonally across to the opposite corner, and cross atthe center at 3. Lines 4 extend across the board at right angles andintersect at the point 3 in the center to divide the board into fourequal squares. In the center of each of the four sides of the board is apanel to repre sent a capital, and the word Capital may be indicatedthereupon or adjacent thereto, as shown in Fig. 3. The capitals areindicated by the numeral 5. Five semi-circular lines, 6, 7, S, 9, and 10inclose the capitals, said lines being spaced apart equally and being ofgreater radii progressively from the capitals toward the center of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Serial no. 44,007.

board. On the inner side of the semi-circle 6 are four panels orsquares, 11, 12, 18 and 14. There are five large circles displayed onthe board and within the four circles spaced from the center are smallercircles 16, while within the central circle two bobbin-shaped figures 17are arranged, one at right angles to the other. Within each of thecircles, squares 18 are displayed. Lines or roads 19 lead from one ofthe cor" ners of the squares 18 to the capitals 5 and lines or roads 20lead from the junction of two of the circles to spots on thesemi-circular lines 8. Other short lines or roads are indicated on theboard. Spots representing the positions of the game pieces are made atthe intersections of the lines and will be hereinafter referred to.

The game pieces are each provided with a base 21, and as shown in Fig.3, the game piece is a cavalryman mounted on a horse and is indicated,generally, by the numeral 22. As shown in Fig. 4, the game piecerepresents a picket and is indicated by the numeral 523. As shown inFig. 5, the game piece represents an aeroplane and is indicated by thenumeral 2 1. The general 25 is shown in Fig. 6. The rapid lire gun 26 isshown in Fig. 7, and the siege gun 27 is shown in Fig. 8.

Each player has fifteen pieces,five pickets, two cavalrymen, two rapidfire guns, two siege guns, two aeroplanes, and two generals. Two, threeor four persons may play the game. The five pickets are placed on thespots 12 and 13, and the three spots designated by the numeral 7). Thetwo cavalrymen for each player, are located on the spots indicated bythe letter 0. The rapid fire guns are placed upon the spots 1". The

aeroplanes are placed upon the spots a and the two generals are placedupon the spots 9. The game may be played in several ways. The siege gunsare placed upon the squares 11 and 1%, as indicated by the letter s. The

simplest and easiest game is played by two 'or both. The siege guns moveany distance on straight lines. The generals can move tWospots onstraight or broken lines, and

the aeroplanes can move two spots on circular lmes. N 0 game plece canpass another piece on a line or circle, but must have a free move. Eachpiece must make its complete move, that is to say, a general must movetWo spots. Each piece has the power to capture an opponents pieceprovided the opponents piece rests on a spot at the limit of movement ofsaid piece.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a game played on this boardWill be inter.- esting, will require considerable skill on the part ofthe players, and judgment must be used in; order to be successful inwinning the game. The various movements of the game pieces may be madeto closely simulate the game of war.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction and themanner of playing the game without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as definedin the claims.

hat is claimed is 1. A game apparatus comprising a rectangular boardhaving represented on the surface thereof 7 a series of semi-circularconcentric lines at each of its four sides, a capital inclosed Withineach of the smaller semi-circles, circles, squares and other figures onthe board partly within and partly Without the areas inclosed by thesemi-circles and spots at the intersection of the lines of such figures,and game pieces adapted 40 to be moved about the board, the movement ofthe game pieces being governed by the relative value of the game piecesand by the lines on the board, said game pieces being figures of variouspersons and implements used in the Wars of nations.

2. A game apparatus comprising a rectangular board having upon itssurface a series of semi-circles, circles, squares and angular lines orroads partly within and partly without the areas inclosed by thesemi-circles, capitals being indicated at the center of each of the foursides of the board, spots at the intersection of some of the lines onthe board, and game pieces comprising cavalrymen, pickets, generals,rapid fire guns, siege guns, and aeroplanes, the game being played bymoving the game pieces about the board with a view to capturing thecapitals, the movement of the game pieces being governed by the relativevalue of the game pieces and by the lines on the board.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

ROY RANDALL, H. I. PHELPS.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents'each, by addressingthe Commissioner 01' Patents,

Washington, D. G.

